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* Division of Oncology,
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program, and
Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, 19104;
Medical Scientist Training Program,
¶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and
|| Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, 19104;
# Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
** Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The adaptor molecule SAP (signaling lymphocytic activation molecule-associated protein) plays a critical role during NK T (NKT) cell development in humans and mice. In CD4+ T cells, SAP interacts with the tyrosine kinase Fyn to deliver signals required for TCR-induced Th2-type cytokine production. To determine whether the SAP-dependent signals controlling NKT cell ontogeny rely on its binding to Fyn, we used the OP9-DL1 system to initiate structure function studies of SAP in murine NKT cell development. In cultures containing wild-type (WT) hematopoietic progenitors, we noted the transient emergence of cells that reacted with the NKT cell-specific agonist 
-galactosyl ceramide and its analog PBS57. Sap–/– cells failed to give rise to NKT cells in vitro; however, their development could be rescued by re-expression of WT SAP. Emergence of NKT cells was also restored by a mutant version of SAP (SAP R78A) that cannot bind to Fyn, but with less efficiency than WT SAP. This finding was accentuated in vivo in SapR78A knock-in mice as well as SapR78A competitive bone marrow chimeras, which retained NKT cells but at significantly reduced numbers compared with controls. Unlike SapR78A CD4+ T cells, which produce reduced levels of IL-4 following TCR ligation, -galactosyl ceramide-stimulated NKT cells from the livers and spleens of SapR78A mice produced Th2 cytokines and activated NK cells in a manner mimicking WT cells. Thus, SAP appears to use differential signaling mechanisms in NKT cells, with optimal ontogeny requiring Fyn binding, while functional responses occur independently of this interaction.
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1 This work was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (to K.E.N.).
2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Kim E. Nichols, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Wood Building Fourth Floor, Oncology Mailbox, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia PA 19104. E-mail address: nicholsk{at}email.chop.edu
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: NKT, NK T cell; BM, bone marrow; DL1, Delta-like 1; DP, double positive; FL, fetal liver; -GC, -galactosyl ceramide; HSA, heat-stable Ag; SAP, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule-associated protein; SLAM, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule; Tet+, tetramer reactive; WT, wild type; XLP, X-linked lymphoproliferative disease.
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